General Skills Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£52,500	-4.54%	20,130 22.73%	5,064
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£67,500	-6.23%	11,700 13.21%	3,783
Inclusion and Diversity	11	Up 12 places+12	£55,000	-	6,674 7.54%	926
Banking	16	Up 20 places+20	£87,500	+6.06%	5,841 6.60%	619
Analytical Skills	26	Down -17 places-17	£53,150	-3.36%	4,853 5.48%	1,950
Marketing	40	Down -5 places-5	£45,000	-18.18%	3,872 4.37%	1,527
Public Sector	56	Up 36 places+36	£60,000	-	2,908 3.28%	898
Manufacturing	59	Down -40 places-40	£45,000	-11.76%	2,693 3.04%	937
Retail	61	Down -4 places-4	£54,633	+0.57%	2,678 3.02%	990
Law	74	Down -32 places-32	£60,000	+9.09%	2,215 2.50%	448
Legal	80	Down -21 places-21	£67,500	+17.39%	1,990 2.25%	685
Organisational Skills	99	Up 6 places+6	£38,375	-9.70%	1,627 1.84%	647
Telecoms	105	Up 26 places+26	£42,500	-5.55%	1,554 1.75%	530
Electronics	171	Down -50 places-50	£52,500	-11.61%	1,084 1.22%	424
Games	206	Down -9 places-9	£45,000	-18.18%	879 0.99%	253
Presentation Skills	217	Down -129 places-129	£60,000	+3.44%	810 0.91%	406
Influencing Skills	220	Down -1 place-1	£76,000	+20.15%	803 0.91%	286
Automotive	224	Up 106 places+106	£48,000	-9.43%	785 0.89%	340
Aerospace	227	Up 100 places+100	£55,000	+0.37%	755 0.85%	403
Advertising	266	Down -74 places-74	£45,000	-21.73%	611 0.69%	247
Pharmaceutical	278	Up 46 places+46	£60,000	+9.09%	585 0.66%	138
Multimedia	308	Up 278 places+278	£30,500	-12.23%	510 0.58%	344
Local Government	312	Down -10 places-10	£50,000	-	504 0.57%	203
Financial Institution	340	Down -162 places-162	£85,000	-0.93%	438 0.49%	122
Documentation Skills	340	Up 92 places+92	£55,000	+2.80%	438 0.49%	150
Back Office	358	Up 107 places+107	£57,500	-17.85%	414 0.47%	93
Billing	386	Up 111 places+111	£40,000	-29.51%	365 0.41%	187
Front Office	392	Down -235 places-235	£102,500	-8.88%	358 0.40%	87
Military	406	Up 24 places+24	£43,499	-24.57%	339 0.38%	168
French Language	414	Down -168 places-168	£45,000	-30.76%	328 0.37%	85
German Language	447	Down -204 places-204	£40,000	-44.82%	283 0.32%	113
Aviation	452	Up 60 places+60	£65,000	+13.04%	278 0.31%	148
Health Technology	509	Down -7 places-7	£60,000	-14.28%	210 0.24%	76
Tech for Good	518	Down -43 places-43	£70,000	+7.69%	201 0.23%	27
Publishing	544	Down -92 places-92	£56,250	-12.10%	171 0.19%	66
Investment Banking	552	Down -170 places-170	£91,000	-19.11%	163 0.18%	56
Police	577	Down -151 places-151	£55,000	+6.16%	138 0.16%	33
Spanish Language	602	Up 5 places+5	£46,000	-12.38%	113 0.13%	44
Social Housing	610	Down -47 places-47	£53,750	-6.52%	105 0.12%	50
Agriculture	617	Down -22 places-22	£43,500	-15.12%	98 0.11%	26
Aeronautics	637	Down -28 places-28	£65,000	+29.85%	78 0.088%	10
Retail Banking	639	Down -110 places-110	£83,750	+0.20%	76 0.086%	14
Digital Healthcare	640	Down -3 places-3	£60,000	-7.69%	75 0.085%	14
Dutch Language	641	Down -34 places-34	£35,000	-	74 0.084%	36
Brand Awareness	641	Down -43 places-43	£55,000	+37.50%	74 0.084%	39
Digital Health	644	Down -14 places-14	£70,000	+27.27%	71 0.080%	50
Italian Language	644	Down -16 places-16	£54,500	-23.50%	71 0.080%	27
General Ledger	647	Down -66 places-66	£82,500	+14.59%	68 0.077%	33
Fire and Rescue	648	Down -29 places-29	£54,749	+5.65%	67 0.076%	30
Portuguese Language	651	Down -15 places-15	£55,100	+57.42%	64 0.072%	25